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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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