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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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