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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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