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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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