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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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