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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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