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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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