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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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