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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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