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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for students 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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