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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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