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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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