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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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