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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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