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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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