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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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