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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This 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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