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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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