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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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