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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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