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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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