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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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