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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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