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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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