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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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