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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key 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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