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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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