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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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