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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the 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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