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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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