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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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