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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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