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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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