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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies 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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