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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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