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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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