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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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