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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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