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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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