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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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