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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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