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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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