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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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