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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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