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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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