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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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