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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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