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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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