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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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