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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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