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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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