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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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