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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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