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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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