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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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