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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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