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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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