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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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