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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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