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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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