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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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