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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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