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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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