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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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