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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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