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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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