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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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