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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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