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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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