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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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