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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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