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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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