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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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