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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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