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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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