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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes 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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