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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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