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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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