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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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