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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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