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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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