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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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