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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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