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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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