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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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