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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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