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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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