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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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