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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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