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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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