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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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