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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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