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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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