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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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