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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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