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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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