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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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