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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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