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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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