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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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