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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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