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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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