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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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