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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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