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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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