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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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