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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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