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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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