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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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