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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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