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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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