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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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