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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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