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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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