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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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