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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different 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 educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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