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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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