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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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