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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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