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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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