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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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