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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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