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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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