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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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