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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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