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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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