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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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