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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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