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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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