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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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