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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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