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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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