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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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