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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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