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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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