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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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