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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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