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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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