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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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