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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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