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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

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