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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. 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. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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