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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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