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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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