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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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