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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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