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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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