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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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