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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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