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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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