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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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