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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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