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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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