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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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