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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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