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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important 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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