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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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