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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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