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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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