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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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