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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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