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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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