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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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