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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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