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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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