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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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