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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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