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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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