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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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