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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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