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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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