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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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