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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes 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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