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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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