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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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