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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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