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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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