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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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