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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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