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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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