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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the key 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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