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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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