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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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