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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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