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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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