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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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