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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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