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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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