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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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