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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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