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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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