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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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