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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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