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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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