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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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