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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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