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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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