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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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