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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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