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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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