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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates 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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