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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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