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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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