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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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