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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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