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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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