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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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