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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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