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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education