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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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