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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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