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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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