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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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