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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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