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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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