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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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