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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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