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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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