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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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