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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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