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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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