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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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