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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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