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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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