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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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