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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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