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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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