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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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