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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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