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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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