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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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