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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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