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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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