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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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