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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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