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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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