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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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