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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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