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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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