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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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