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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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