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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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