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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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