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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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