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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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