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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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