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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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