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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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