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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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