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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What 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 we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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