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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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