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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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