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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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