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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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