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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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