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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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