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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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