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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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