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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources