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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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