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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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