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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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