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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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