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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies 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 organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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