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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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