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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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