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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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