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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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