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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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