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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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