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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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