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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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