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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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