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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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