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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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