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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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