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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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