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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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