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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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