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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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