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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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