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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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