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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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