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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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