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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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