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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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