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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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