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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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