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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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