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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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