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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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