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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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