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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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