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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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