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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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