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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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