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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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