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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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