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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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