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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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