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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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