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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different 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 deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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