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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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