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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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