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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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