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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the 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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