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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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