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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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