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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the 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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