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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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