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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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