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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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