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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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