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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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