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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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