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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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