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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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