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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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