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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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