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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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