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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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