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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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