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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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