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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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