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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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