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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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