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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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