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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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