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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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