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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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