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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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