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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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