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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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