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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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