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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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