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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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