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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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