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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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