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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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