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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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