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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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