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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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