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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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