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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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