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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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