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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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