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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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