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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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