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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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