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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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