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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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