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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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