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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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