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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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