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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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