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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take 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. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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