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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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