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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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