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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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