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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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