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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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