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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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