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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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