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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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