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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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