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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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