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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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