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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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