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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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