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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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