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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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