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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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