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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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