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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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