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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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