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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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