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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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