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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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