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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-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 make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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