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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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