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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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