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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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