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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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