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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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