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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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