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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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