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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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