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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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