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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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