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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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