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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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