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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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