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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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