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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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