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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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