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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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