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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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