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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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