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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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