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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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