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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates 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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