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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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