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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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