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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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