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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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