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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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