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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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