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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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