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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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