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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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