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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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