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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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