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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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