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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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