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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important 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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