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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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