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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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