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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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