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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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