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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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