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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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