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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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