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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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