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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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