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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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