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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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