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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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