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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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