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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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