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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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