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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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