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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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