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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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