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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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