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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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