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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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