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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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