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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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