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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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