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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators 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 teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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