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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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