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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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