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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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