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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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