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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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