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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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