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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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