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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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