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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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