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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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