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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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