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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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