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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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