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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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