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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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