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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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