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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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