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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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