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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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