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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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