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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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