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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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