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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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