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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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