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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp 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 intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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