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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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