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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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