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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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