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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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