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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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