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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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