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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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