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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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