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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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