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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally 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 issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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