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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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