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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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