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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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