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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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