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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. 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. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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