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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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