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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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