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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important 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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