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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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