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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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