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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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