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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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