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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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