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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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