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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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