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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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