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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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