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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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