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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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