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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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