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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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