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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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