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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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