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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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