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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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