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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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