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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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