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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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