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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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