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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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