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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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