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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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