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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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