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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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