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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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