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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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