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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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